Introduction:

Welcome to OxfordRomance.org.uk, a free chat and romance site set up specifically for members of Oxford University. It's philanthropic: we do this purely for the satisfaction of making people happy, and we are delighted when we succeed. Of course, there is no charge, no 'data-mining', no advertising, no 'premium features', and we respect your privacy. To see what we have to offer, please take a look at some of the profiles, browse the menu on the left-hand side, and sign up below. Enjoy!

We're serious about doing the right and ethical thing, to act in the best interests of our members. For full details, please read the help text. Your questions and suggestions are always welcome.

Successes:

Goodbye to Lancelot who writes:

"Well I've been one of your most active members from my very start. I've been offered everything from casual sex to a proper relationship. And I've found the latter - with a couple of people. And yes, I'm leaving because I'm still with someone. 3 years have elapsed since I signed on for the first time. For about 2 years of that, I've been seeing people. The current person, for over a year and counting. I once got offered sex with oysters or strawberries in my college annex. I'm now thinking I might be settled for good. What can I say? I guess maybe a humble bit of thanks. And I know this place seems a bit geeky - but screw it. Meeting the right person can happen anywhere, and the more you put yourself out there, the more likely it is to happen. Believe me."

Congratulations to Northern Soul and his girlfriend. He writes: "I finally got round to registering on this site after umming and ahhing, and it worked better than I ever imagined. :-)".

This is one of the many happy outcomes to which we have contributed. :-)

This is selected, at random, from the testimonials page, and quoted verbatim.

News and updates:

25th February: DNS change: unfortunately, we received an upstream change to DNS as a result of the Retrosnub:Mythic migration; this may have resulted in some of you receiving SSL errors.
This his fixed now - many apologies for the inconvenience.

12th March 2015: We really need a volunteer to help run OxfordRomance. Please will someone step forward to do (at least) the role of membership and publicity?
Cupid needs your help: he simply cannot do this alone any more. There is quite a large budget available, whether you wish to spend it on marketing, or as payment for your time. If not you, then who?

1st January 2015: Happy New Year! We hope that you find love in 2015, and we'll do our best to help!

8th October 2014: The Freshers' Fair is this week (Wed-Fri). Do come to say hello. Volunteers who can help out would be extremely welcome!

7th October 2014: Welcome to a new term! And, to our new members, a particularly warm welcome: we hope we help you find love :-)
If you would like to get involved with the society, and with running events, please contact OxfordRomance President, Abbas.As it's the start of a new year, it may take a short time to get going: in particular, if you are a new member, please do take a moment to write a little about yourself... otherwise everyone waits for
everyone else to make the first move!

5th June 2014: We are already doing our part (HTTPS, HSTS, PFS) to protect your privacy; may we also recommend the Reset The Net campaign.

12th May 2014: We have just received a (significant) amount of sponsorship. So, we'd like to recruit a
membership, publicity and marketing cherub to the Oxrom committee. The funding is sufficient to cover design and distribution of posters/flyers etc and any more imaginative ideas that occur to you. There is also some funding to cover your time. If you're interested, please contact Cupid.

10th February 2014: What are you thinking? We aren't telepathic, but we still want to know! Please participate in this group discussion and give us your ideas and requests... a box of chocolate
will be awarded for the most helpful comment!
(Private feedback to Cupid is also welcome.)

18th March 2013: We'd like your assistance in forming a group of college and department representatives, who can tell people about our events and do poster distribution. If you can assist,
please tick the "I am willing" box here. Thank you :-)

16th November 2012: A big thank you to all who came speed dating - you raised £98 for Students Supporting Street Kids! Keep a look out for more exciting events coming up in Hilary term... and if you'd like to get more involved or just have some great ideas feel free to drop us a line :)

10th October 2012: Welcome to all our new members from the Freshers' Fair. Have fun!
Also, we've changed the default style to the "claret" theme... please send feedback to Cupid if you spot any problems. (If you prefer the old one, you can change it back on your settings page).

7th October 2012: Congratulations to PageRunner and Smiles&Curls on their engagement!

1st June 2012: Welcome to the new team who have taken over OxfordRomance: Olivia, Anna, Chase and Lina.

27th May 2012:The great re-launch! Welcome, and welcome-back! If you're just arriving as a new member, take a look around, join (it's free), and take part in the snowball!
It may take a few days for numbers to grow; meanwhile, for inspiration, take a look at some of the successes, and tell all your friends!Do actually sign up: otherwise everyone waits for everyone else to join!

1st May 2012: Older news:18 Feb 2013: Many congratulations to Northern Girl and Tall Matt on their Wedding! Heather writes: "I just wanted to let you know that thanks to Graduate Romance, I am now happily married!24 May 2012: Congratulations to Wayland Smithy and Mélomane. They married in 2010, and just announced their (and our) first baby!22 July 2011: Multiple congratulations are due... Tabitha and J@m3s, Eliie and her fiancé, and James and Hannah are all now engaged to be married! For the full story, see
the testimonials page, which has been updated with latest news: 11 weddings so far :-)
19 January 2011: Many Congratulations to [redacted] and [redacted] on their engagement. They're too shy to say who they are :-)
26 Sept 2010: Many congratulations to David and Natalie, who are getting married next July!29 Sept 2005: Congratulations to Stefan and SweetHeart on their engagement! They write: "We met on Romance.org in May 2004 and quickly came inseparable.
Since then things have just got better and better and we are now engaged. We just wanted to say thank you, as without you, or the site we would probably never have met!"31 July 2004: *Snuggles* & Beatnik Fly are now engaged! Good luck to you both :-)
10 May 2004: Congratulations to "Hockey Boy" and "Dr Shell" on their engagement! "Hockey Boy" writes:
I first logged onto Warwick Romance for a bit of a laugh. Instead I've ended up meeting a beautiful woman who I am lucky enough to be marrying in 2006. Thank You WR!7 April 2004: Congratulations to Emma and Joe, who met on OxfordRomance, and are now married! The Wedding Photos are here.

7th January 2008:The Real JK and Sabrina_Fair, former members of OxRo, are thrilled to announce their engagement as of the 6th January 2008. They would like to thank OxRo for bringing them
together and wish the same happiness to all other e-daters.